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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 9, 2005 - FIVE Heppner and lone high school bowling begins Heppner and lone high schools’ bowling teams are preparing for the District Bowling Tournament at The Dalles on Feb 20 The First m atch between Hermiston, lone and H eppner on Jan. 22 found Hermiston winning both b o y s’ and g irls ’ matches The Heppner girls placed second, lone girls third and lone #2 team fourth lone boys placed third and H eppner boys fourth with Hermiston #2 team earning second The follow ing Saturday, Jan 30, the high school bow lers had a rematch at Desert Lanes in Hermiston, with Hermiston again winning both boys’ and girls’ teams. lone girls #1 team placed second, H eppner third, U m atilla fourth and lone #2 team fifth Boys teams placed with Hermiston #2 team second, Umatilla third, lone fourth and Heppner fifth The Heppner girls’ team includes: Lindsey H odges, K assie G aines, Jen n ifer W halen, M yah Southw orth, Patty Little, Keshi Richmond, Kelsey W olff, Julie M oore and Kendra Rayburn The Heppner boys’ team includes: T ram pas Jeffreys, Ches Little, James R ogers, D rion Donner, M ichael Wellman, Gordi W egw orth and Shane Stottlemire The lone girls’ team includes: Kristal Temple, Shannon Clay, M arly Pfmston, Kasie Peterson, Kim Morris, Amanda Emery, Paige Armstrong, Brittnee Morter and Meghan Gaines The lone boys’ team includes: Austin Arballo, Isaac Stillman, M ontana Marlatt and James Acock Farm Foundation to hold annual meeting The annual meeting o f the FARM Foundation will be Tuesday, Feb 15 at 7:30 p .m , at the museum The agenda for the m eeting will include the year-end financial report, reports from the officers on museum plans and programs and the election of directors The directors whose terms expire are Barbara Bloodsworth, Cliff Green and Bob Jepsen The other board members are Betty Carlson, Jim Hayes, Bob Harrison, Robert Laughlin and Larry Mills. The m useum volunteers responded very well this year with a good group that w orked to m aintain m useum hours while Director Robin Krebs took some time off This past year local artist Sandra Haynes had several changing displays in the Heritage Museum and the addition o f the Bisbee gallery. This room will be used for changing displays during the coming years. The Ag museum had a change in the display inside, making it easier to access for visitors. On the outside o f the building the m ural com m ittee made progress on the next phase showing the railroad and the early sheep industry. The artist, Robert Walton, will be back in June to finish the project. The m ural committee is selling bricks to face the wall on the ramp landing on the mural side of the Ag museum building. The purchase o f a brick will have your name shown as a supporter of the project The Foundation is always in need o f volunteers at both museums. If you can spare a day or tw o per month, call 676-5524 or 676-5546. Students to participate in career showcase M ore than 50 businesses and organizations will set up b o o th s on Wednesday, Feb 16 at the P endleton C onvention Center to interact with more than 1200 eighth graders. Students will have a chance to interview professionals about careers and job prospects as well as hear a presentation from keynote speaker, Rick Griffin. The annual Career Showcase provides eighth graders with an opportunity for career exploration High school goals include students identifying a career pathway, or pathways and the student will take high school classes that will complement that c a r e e r ^ a th w a ^ T fie ^ ‘Wedding ‘BeCCs in your future? We offer distinctive designs A lovely ensembles. Come see the Stylart collection o f elegant vet affordable wedding invitations. stylart’ Heppner Gazette-Times 676-9228 188 West Willow, Heppner Showcase allows the student to explore and interview pro fessio n als th at are associated with individual student interests. T hrough the application o f classroom learning and the hands-on activities provided by this event, the Umatilla-Morrow Education Service District and local businesses support the implementation o f state and national standards The very first Career S how case was held in February 1997 and attracted approximately 800 eighth graders. The C areer Showcase will be attended by students from Gilliam, U m atilla and M orrow counties lone Site Council learns corrected High schoolers invited to write report card scores agricultural essays The lo n e Site Council met Tuesday, Jan 18 at the school library The m iddle school and high school “A” honor roll and TAG stu d en ts recently competed in the Great AUK and did well The state school report card information was not accurate and has been co rrected The state reported 50 percent o f tenth grad ers met the requirements for reading and 44 percent for math in lone However, the state didn’t take into consideration the stu d en ts who met the req u irem en ts as eighth graders With the correction, students meeting the reading requirements went up to 69 percent and math to 58 percent The school received a satisfactory rating lone Schools met the Adequate Yearly P rogress and No C hild L eft B ehind requirements. Bill Jepsen reported to the council on distance education Students will be encouraged to take college classes while attending high school. Most core classes offered at Blue Mountain C om m unity C ollege are tran sferab le to o th er colleges It was suggested that area re p resen tativ e Anne Morter talk to students about classes offered and parents be sent college and financial aid information The possibility o f some high school classes m eeting college requirem ents for dual cred it was also discussed The council approved health teacher Steve Schaber’s use o f the A B C ’s o f C redit Card Finance curriculum in his class. The program warns students o f the dangers of credit card debt A committee will be appointed to iron out the honor society requirements The council suggested a minimum 3.5 GPA Students would also be required to participate in a community service project The new w ork Elks announce Eye Safety Poster contest winners The Heppner Elks Lodge is pleased to announce the winners in th e ir annual Eye Safety Poster contest This program was open to fourth and fifth grade students in the Willow Creek valley Participants w ere asked to prepare a colored poster on 11 ” x 17” paper, depicting an Eye Safety theme “Some o f the posters were pretty humorous,” said Colin A nderson, project chair “We had some funny ones and som e serious entries also.” H eppner area winners were 1st- Bryce Fow ler, 2nd- A ustin G utierrez and 3rd- Kellie Ivelson lone area winners were 1“- Christine Raible, The W ranglers 2nd- Beth M orter and 3rd- Riding Club is holding a Mary Gates U S Savings baked potato and chili feed Bonds will be awarded to the on Friday, Feb 11 during the Heppner M ustang versus Stanfield Tigers basketball gam e at H eppner High School from 5-7 p m Wranglers is a family oriented horse gaming club that meets four Sundays in the spring Each playday begins with a potluck lunch followed by barrel racing, pole bending and a third event chosen by the playday committee To join Wranglers or for more information, call Amy Kollman at 676-9407. Wranglers Riding Club to hold feed experience evaluation forms were used at the end o f the semester The evaluation is shared with the students so improvements can be made P o sitiv e feedback was received from teachers and supervisors The students will be receiving grades for w ork experience in the future A com m ittee was formed to create a parent involvem ent policy as required by the school’s Title I statu s The com m ittee consists o f Superintendent Bryn Browning, Lindsay Orem, Joel Peterson, Shilo Svetich, Melissa LaRue and M ichelle Stone The committee will report at the February council meeting Middle school and high school students are now using assignment books. Each teacher is responsible for checking student assignm ents and grading their progress B renna Rietm ann was the winner in the fourth th ro u g h eighth g ra d e s ’ Geography Bee She took the state qualifier test The lone Education Foundation has funded the robotics program They are cu rren tly w orking to improve the handicapped accessibility in the city park The C ouncil also learned the following news o f lone High School graduates: IHS graduate and O regon In stitu te of Technology student Camie Burright received a 4.0 GPA for the last quarter She is m ajoring in re sp ira to ry therapy. Nikki McElligott, also a student at OIT, was selected one o f the top five small school female athletes from the state of Oregon and was honored at a televised awards program at Tiger W oods T h eatre in B eaverton She plays basketball for the Owls A nother lone g rad u ate, Jacob Taylor, will be returning from Iraq in April. The next meeting of the lone Site Council will be Tuesday, Feb 22 at 4 p.m at the school library winners. There w ere 78 entries in the contest “The concept is to raise student awareness for eye safety and eye safety thinking, in their everyday liv e s,” stated Anderson The Oregon State Elks Association is the major supporter of the Casey Elks Eye Clinic at O.H.S.U. in Portland “ The facility provides state-of-the-art eye and sight care, along with research, for youth in the N o rth w e st,” explained Anderson “No child is turned away due to the inability to pay,” continued Anderson “The Elks pickup the tab for any and all services needed ” The local Elks Lodge co n trib u ted m ore than $1,200 to this cause during the past year CUSTOM BANNERS Any Size Lots off Colors Logos & Graphics M akes G reat A dvertising! Heppner Gazette 676-9228 High school students th ro u g h o u t O regon are invited to showcase their writing skills in a statewide essay contest sponsored by the Oregon Agriculture in the C lassroom program Entrants will be judged on th eir ability to w rite p ersu asiv ely ab o u t the importance o f agriculture to everyday life The program is a n o n -p ro fit o rg a n iz atio n headquartered at Oregon State University “ We hope this contest will create a positive learning experience, one that promotes reading, creative skills, an expanded vocabulary, and furthers the understanding of agriculture in our lives,” said program director Tami Kerr “Food and Fiber, p ro d u ced by today’s farmers, are essential to society It is important that the public understand the industry and how relevant it is to their lives More than 15 percent o f the U S. population is employed in farm or farm-related jobs.” The essay contest is sp onsored by the Dairy Farmers o f Oregon, which will provide “G ot M ilk” sweatshirts and other prizes to the top three entries in each grade and cash awards to their teachers ranging from $ 100 to $50 for use in their classrooms and plaques to display in their schools The co n test has been developed so it can easily be in co rp o rated into CIM / CAM requirements. Students can choose from one o f four essay topics. Subjects are how m odern p ro d u ctio n agriculture contributes to a safe and healthy food supply; water and agriculture issues; how a g ric u ltu re affects stu d en ts and th eir communities; and issues in biofuels, such as w ind, ethanol, biodiesel, and solar. All Oregon students in grades 9-12 are invited to submit essays o f 500 to 1,000 w ords W inning entries will be published in the Capital Press, a weekly ag ric u ltu re new spaper, during National Agriculture Week, March 20-25. To review contest rules visit the program’s web site, aitc.oregonstate.edu. E n tries, which m ust be postm arked by M arch 1, should be mailed to: Tami Kerr, 105 Ballard Extension Hall, O regon S tate University, Corvallis, OR 97331. HLL to conduct registration for 2005 season Registration for the 2005 season at Heppner Little League will be held Feb 9-11 from 5-7 p.m. each day. Boys ages 4-12 and girls ages 4-14 are eligible to enroll to play Wiffle ball, T- Ball, M inors and M ajors baseball/softball; also girls Jr/Sr softball Registration is required even if the child played previously Cost is $30 per child, $60 per family. Registration will be held at the H eppner Neighborhood Center. At least one parent or legal guardian must be present. If this is your first time or HLL d o e sn ’t have your information from last year, please bring three proofs of residency (m ust have physical address on them) and a copy o f your child’s original or state-certified birth certificate. A driver’s license or u tility bill is acceptable documentation. The deadline for signups is Feb. 28. If you cannot make it to tryouts, please let HLL know. For m ore in fo rm atio n , call Renee Yocom at 676-9474 mornings or 676-9821. At this tim e, HLL is also accepting applications for coaches and volunteers, this year we will need a copy o f your photo ID /d riv e r’s license to go along with it. Little League is the world’s largest youth sports program with more than 2.8 million children and one million volunteers in more than 100 counties. For more inform ation on L ittle League, visit the L ittle League w ebsite at www littleleague org OLCC seeks liquor agents for Oregon communities The Oregon Liquor C o n tro l C om m ission is seeking to fill liquor agent vacancies for stores in lone, R ichland, Fields and Prospect “The non-exclusive liquor sto res w ould be operated in conjunction with another business, which is done in many rural areas,” said Jim M acA listaire, OLCC sto re o p eratio n s director “ A gents are independent contractors for the state who are appointed after a public application and selection process ” A pplications, due Feb 18, are available through the OLCC Finalists will be n o tified and interview ed by the staff screen in g co m m ittee in Portland Final selection will be made by the commission, based on set criteria, at its public meeting in April The agents would start in April “ We look for the most qualified person to o p e ra te a s to re ,” said MacAlistaire “We consider applicants over 21 only and they should have knowledge o f retail o p eratio n s, inventory control, customer service, cash accountability and more.” Several o p enings occur each year when liquor agents resign, retire, or leave for other reasons For details, call the OLCC at (800) 426-2004, option 62, or (503) 872- 5020, or visit the agency’s w ebsite at www olcc state or us. 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